Starting a business: Time - Women (days)- Score in Kenya
Kenya: Starting a business: Time - Women (days)- Score was 77.39 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Time - Women (days)- Score in Kenya, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: time - women (days)- score in Kenya stood at 77.39.
The figure is up 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: time - women (days)- score in Kenya peaked at 78.39 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 40.2, in 2003.
Kenya ranks 149th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Time - Women (days)- Score in Kenya, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 40.2 | — |
| 2004 | 53.27 | +32.5% |
| 2005 | 45.23 | -15.1% |
| 2006 | 45.23 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 55.28 | +22.2% |
| 2008 | 67.34 | +21.8% |
| 2009 | 67.34 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 67.34 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 65.33 | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 66.33 | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 66.33 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 68.34 | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 72.36 | +5.9% |
| 2016 | 78.39 | +8.3% |
| 2017 | 77.39 | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 77.39 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 77.39 | +0.0% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 77.39 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 85.43, 91% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 77.39 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 85.93, 90% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business: Time - Women (days)- Score in Kenya changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +32.5% | 40.2 | 53.27 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 53.41 | 40.2 | 67.34 | 7 |
| 2010s | 71.66 | 65.33 | 78.39 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 147 Central African Republic 78.39 compare
- 148 Nepal 77.89 compare
- 149 Bulgaria 77.39 compare
- 149 Costa Rica 77.39 compare
- 152 Uganda 76.38 compare
More private sector data for Kenya
- Merchandise trade 22.2% (2025)
- Food imports 16.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 56.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 21.61 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 49.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 30.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 8.60 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 149.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0633 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 4.42 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: time - women (days)- score in Kenya?
- Starting a business: time - women (days)- score in Kenya was 77.39 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: time - women (days)- score recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 78.39 in 2016.
- What is the lowest starting a business: time - women (days)- score recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.2 in 2003.
- How does Kenya rank for starting a business: time - women (days)- score?
- Kenya ranks 149th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: time - women (days)- score rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Time - Women (days)- Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for the time for women benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.